A TROOP of babes in Summer Land, At heaven's gate -- the children's gate: One lifts the latch with rosy hand, Then turns and, dimpling, asks her mate, -- "What was the last thing that you saw?" "I lay and watched the dawn begin, And suddenly, through the thatch of straw, A great, clear morning star laughed in." "And you?" "A floating thistle-down, Against June sky and cloud-wings white." "And you?" "A falling blow, a frown -- It frights me yet; oh, clasp me tight!" "And you?" "A face through tears that smiled" -- The trembling lips could speak no more; The blue eyes swam; the lonely child Was homesick even at heaven's door. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUPREME by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TWO POEMS FROM THE WAR: 2 by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH TO MARK ANTHONY IN HEAVEN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE VISION OF JUDGEMENT by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO SHEPHERDS IN PRAISE OF ASTRAEA by MARY SIDNEY HERBERT |